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Why good agents resist change – and what great leaders do differently
Features

Why good agents resist change – and what great leaders do differently

Introducing new technology, changing office processes or asking experienced agents to work differently can be one of the toughest challenges for real estate leaders. But Philip Jameson, an expert in organisational change, suggests the problem may not be resistance itself, but the questions leaders ask when they encounter it.

Stacey Woodfield – building a real estate career on authenticity and balance
Franchise News

Stacey Woodfield – building a real estate career on authenticity and balance

Stacey Woodfield never imagined that starting as a receptionist at a small family-run agency would lead to her owning a thriving real estate business in one of Victoria's most charming…

$17.5 million grazing deal shows buyers getting choosier
Agent Stories

$17.5 million grazing deal shows buyers getting choosier

A $17.5 million cattle property sale in Queensland's Western Downs has provided a window into what buyers are…

Alex Lyons. Image: Supplied
People Moves

Alex Lyons joins Christie’s International Real Estate NSW

The Eastern Suburbs prestige specialist brings a decade of multi-billion-dollar sales and a buyer base built on expats…

Seniors housing shake-up could unlock thousands of family homes across NSW
Industry News

Seniors housing shake-up could unlock thousands of family homes across NSW

Planning reforms aimed at encouraging more seniors housing could help release thousands of established family homes onto the…

Capital city rental growth shifts as regions slow
Property Management

Rental boom shifts back to capital cities as regional growth loses momentum

Capital city rents are rising more than twice as fast as those in regional Australia, as new data reveals a widening divide in rental growth despite improving availability.

Industry News

$49,500 warning as NSW tightens rental rules for agents

New laws will overhaul rental applications, restrict the personal information agents can collect and introduce penalties of up to $49,500 for privacy breaches and $22,000 for undisclosed altered property images.

Features

Why one agency runs rentals like a sales open home

OBrien Carrum Downs and Langwarrin built a 352-property rent roll from zero by treating tenants like buyers and pushing pricing hard from day one.

Elite Agent TV

Can you teach trust? John Cunningham on hiring good people

A confident interview can leave you knowing someone’s ambitions but little about their character. John Cunningham and Chris Hanley explore what to look for when…

Features

Real estate has a hospitality problem – and it’s costing agents business

Opinion

Is the selling principal model holding your agency back?

Elite Agent TV

Why good people stay – Andrew McCann on culture and the panic hire

Real Estate Agent Events

What 2026’s BDM Summit Taught Us About Rent Roll Growth

A sold-out room, six very different speakers and one shared focus: rent roll growth. The 2026 BDM Summit looked beyond simply generating more leads to…

Real Estate Agent Events

Dom Thurbon’s challenge to turn conference ideas into action

News

Quinn Darragh’s three questions for moving through setbacks

News

Bradley Fraser keeps the relationship going after handover

Industry News

Data centres leapfrog offices and warehouses as $18.3bn construction pipeline takes shape

New research shows the building category that includes data centres has overtaken traditional commercial construction categories, with NSW and Victoria attracting the bulk of investment…

Industry News

Commercial property sales jump 21 per cent, but rate hikes threaten recovery

Commercial

Why lease expiry talks should start well before the deadline

Industry News

$3bn future beckons as one of Sydney’s biggest landholdings hits the market

Why the agents who double down now will win the recovery

Why the agents who double down now will win the recovery

Charles Tarbey draws on fifty years of real estate experience to argue that tough markets demand doubling down rather than…

Contributor

Buyer demand fell but buyers’ agents’ revenue didn’t budge

New index data shows 76% of buyers' agents have shifted to fixed fees, a structural…

Contributor

How to build a single property website with ChatGPT

I gave ChatGPT 51 property photos and one prompt. Twenty-eight minutes later it handed back…

Managing Editor

We’ve been fixing the wrong things in property management

A Kolmeo-commissioned survey analysed by Kantar found no consistent link between retention and the factors…

Contributor

Bass Persuades. So does Stevie Wonder.

What a Facebook offer swarm means for the agent on the other side of the…

Managing Editor

Shorts

AI & Technology

The chatbot era is dead (and your AI is ready for a real job)

Samantha McLean opened Transform XIV by calling time on typing questions into ChatGPT, then showed…

The property ad that chats back

OpenAI is testing ads you can talk to – and a cordless drill shows us…

Who does your customer want to become?

Use verified property features and real customer questions to explore aspirations and write more relevant…

Will AI finally kill cold calling?

A call between two AI assistants raises a better prospecting question: who would actually welcome…

REA Group CTO Steve Maidment speaking at REA Hackdays 2026

REA’s CTO explains why faster AI needs better workflows

REA Group CTO Steve Maidment explains why AI-driven productivity gains only matter if they flow…